Australia Talks

Australia Talks - 1 Aug 2023: Victoria bans gas to new homes and Australia to manufacture missiles

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss the Victorian government's decision to ban connections to the gas network for new homes and the move by the Federal government to make Australia a manufacturer of high tech missiles.
 
The 'Two Ticks Town Talk' this week is Yulara in the Northern Territory (starts at approx 37 mins).
 
'This week in Australian history' covers the dates 27 Jul to 2 Aug.The XXXX bottle top question is a double header.
 
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the Australian subreddit.
 
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Australia Talks - 25 Jul 2023: New Green Hydrogen project and Casual employees

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss a new and potentially highly significant Green Hydrogen project in Western Australia actively and financially involving three groups of local Aboriginal owners.
 
Following is the move by the Labor government to treat casual employees as permanent under certain conditions and giving those employees the option to become permanent.
 
The Two Ticks Town Talk this week is Lithgow in NSW.
 
The XXXX bottle top question takes us down a different track.
 
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/Australian subreddit.
 
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Australia Talks -18 Jul 2023: Tik Tok spying on Australians and our Teacher shortage

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss the revelations that Tik Tok has been accessing the data of Australians. We also address the teacher shortage in Australia and consider some of suggest solutions.
 
The 'Two Ticks Town Talk' this week is Yundamindera in Western Australia.
 
'This week in Australian History' covers the dates 13-19 Jul.
 
Then we hop into the XXXX bottle top question.
 
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Australia Talks - 12 Jul 2023: Water intensive farming and Cannabis legislation

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss the impact of water intensive farming on the Murray-Darling and whether Thailand's attempt to legislate cannabis provides any modelling for Australia.
 
The Two Ticks Town Talk this week is Longreach in Queensland.
 
'This Week in Australian History' covers the dates July 6 to Jul 12.The XXXX bottle top question is a slippery one this week.'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/Australian subreddit.
 
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Australia Talks - 4 Jul 2023: Is the gloss wearing off Covid? Cracker night

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss the Covid19 habits we thought would stick but haven't. We also talk about cracker night, Territory Day, in the Northern Territory.
The 'Two Ticks Town Talk' this week is Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.
'This week in Australian History' covers June 29th through July 5th.
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/Australian subreddit.
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Australia Talks - 28 Jun 2023: Labor scales back multinational tax discloure and building the first error correcting quantum computer

Join DarkestKnight and Ardeet as they discuss the Labor government's plans to scale back multinational tax discloure for corporations followed by Australia's plans to build the first error correcting quantum computer.
This week's Two Ticks Tiny Town is Coober Pedy.
'This Week in Australian History' covers 22 Jun to 28 Jun.
'Australia Talks' is the official podcast of the r/Australian subreddit.
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Australia Talks - 20 Jun 2023: A national strategy for the housing crisis and High Speed Rail

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss if Australia needs a national strategy to fix the housing crisis followed by whether or not it will be different this time for High Speed Rail.
The Two Ticks Tiny Town this week is Sheffield, Tasmania.
This week in Australian History is from Jun 15 -21.
And a cool XXXX bottle top question.
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Australia Talks - 13 Jun 2023: Nazi symbols banned in Australia and the death of the cheque

DarkestKnight, PandaBear and Ardeet discuss the Federal government banning Nazi symbols.
This is followed by our 'Two Ticks Town Talk' segment (Busselton, Western Australia this week) then a discussion on the phasing out of cheques.
After that it's 'This week in Australian History' and the XXXX bottle top quiz.
Australia Talks is the official podcast of the r/Australian subreddit.
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Australia Talks - 6 Jun 2023: South Australia’s draconian protest laws and a cold east coast

As we celebrate our first year of the 'Australia Talks' podcast DarkestKnight, PandaBear and Ardeet discuss how straightforward a colonoscopy is, South Australia's latest draconian protest laws and the predictions of freezing weather for the east coast.
This will be followed by 'This week in Australian History' and the XXXX bottle top challenge.
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Australia Talks - 30 May 2023: Nutbush, Modi and Australia, considering an EV

DarkestKnight, PandaBear and Ardeet discuss the passing of Tina Turner, Prime Minister Modi of India's visit to Australia and the Quad deal then whether or not we would purchase and Electric Vehicle.
 
Following these discussions are "This week in Australian History" and the XXXX bottle top challenge.
 
Join us at the r/Australian subreddit for more discussions of all things Australian.
 
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